CRAZY RICH ILLÉANS
Intermission I
Even as a child, Noah Schreave dreads birthday parties. Not his own, or his friends, of course. They are fun and age appropriate for energetic ten years old children. What he dreads are the birthday parties of his families, because they are neither parties nor fun. This one in particular is his dad's, and the only good thing about it is the fact that some friends are present. He is seated with the other children, of which most are almost about to jump up and play around. Noah knows better; if he does that, mum will be unhappy and he doesn't particularly like that. Orianna doesn't sit far away from him. He prefers Kenna and Orianna over Gemma's bragging. However, seating is planned.
"That necklace looks really pretty," Marina Klydeworth tells Gemma.
Don't fuel her ego, Noah wants to beg, but if he says that, she'll go and tell Daphne. Daphne always defends Gemma, no matter what ridiculous thing she has done. It's a nightmare.
(And who'd dare to speak up to the wife of the Schreave Real Estate heir.)
"Thank you," Gemma pipes up, "Dad bought it for me when we flew to Paris last weekend."
To be able to brag among the elite of Illéa, that is something not many people can do. Gemma twirls a string of hair, while bathing in the attention of children and adults alike. Noah doesn't mind that per se—his self-esteem doesn't need that—but what follows…
"When we were in the Ritz Paris," she goes on, "I got to sleep in the Marie-Antoinette bedroom. Did you know that it's a replica of her bedchamber dans le Château de Versailles? It's a place where world leaders stay." She couldn't name one to save her life though.
"Did you go too, Noah?" Kenna asks.
"No," Noah shakes his head. He was abroad too, but he had visited a holiday estate in Thailand with his parents. Just as much a palace, but that doesn't matter. He doesn't need to brag.
The girls around giggle. Of course, they know Versailles as the large, princess palace in France. That's almost as good as Disney world. It's only a question of time until Maeve drops the price tag—twenty-six thousand dollars a night. Heheard it before. She does, and in the same sentence, brings up the Renaissance palace the Schreaves own in Europe. There're two, actually, and Maeve mentions both.
After dinner, Noah stays with Orianna and Kenna, because Gemma is off with her own friends, probably gambling away the family fortune, when mum comes by and gently places a hand on his shoulder. She doesn't want to interrupt their conversation, and lets him finish.
(That's why Mary Schreave is so awesome.)
"What is it, mummy?" Noah asks.
"Baobei," Mary begins—in her native Mandarin, not British accented English, and even as a little child, he understands that it means that she doesn't want people to hear. "Are you alright? Gemma was awful again, wasn't she?" She sighs. "I wish that girl would learn not to flaunt wealth. You don't do that. It only brings trouble."
"I know," Noah nods. "Gemma went to play with her friends now."
"Why don't you invite your friends to stay over tonight? We can watch some movies in the cinema, or play video games?"
"Sure! I'll go and ask Ori and Kenzie," Noah replies. His face brightens, too. A sleepover with his best friends is always awesome. "Can we go now? Otherwise, we'll need to go to bed so early…"
"Of course. I'll talk to Kenna's and Orianna's father. Both are awfully protective, but I'll work it out."
Noah hugs his mother. "Thank you, mum!"
He heads to Orianna and Kenna, and tells them of the sleepover idea. Both are keen. Kenna immediately suggests, "We should watch The Princess Diaries. It's such a sweet movie."
Orianna isn't convinced. "How about Barbie in the Nutcracker?"
Noah knows his friends. Just like Gemma, they're used to getting their way, and Orianna's and Kenna's fight as to 'whenever Disney or Barbie is better' is legendary. However, they aren't like Gemma. Noah doesn't know her latest obsession, but Kenna and Orianna are willing to compromise. She isn't.
"How about we watch both? We can chose which starts by flipping a coin."
"What do you want to watch?" Orianna worries. "You have a vote, too."
"I just want to hang out with my friends, I'm happy to watch everything."
They agree on that and flip a coin; Orianna wins and they will watch the Barbie movie first. That's fine. They head up the stairs, up to the cinema where Noah starts the movie. They get popcorn, and by the time the old DVD running, they already laugh and joke around.
They get to the middle of the movie until things go down.
The door opens, revealing his aunt, Daphne Daulton-Schreave, with little Gemma Maeve Schreave hovering behind her. Daphne looks tired; Noah's childhood home isn't accessible and he himself know how difficult it is for Daphne to move around anywhere but on the ground floor.
"Kids," she begins stern. "Why did you not invite Gemma? That's not very nice."
"Mummy said so," Noah replies.
"Mary said to do a sleepover with your friends!" Gemma calls out. She crosses her arms. "It's mean to exclude me!"
If so, they weren't just excluding her. Orianna shifts uncomfortable, and looks at Noah questioning. He shrugs at her and reiterates, "Mum was fine with it," but because Noah knows better, he adds on, "but if Ori and Kenzie are fine with it, you can join us."
"No!" Gemma declares. "I don't want that!"
"Then why did she complain…?" Orianna wonders quietly.
"You are mean," she declares, "and I will tell your mother that! I'll make sure you get house arrest!"
Orianna opens her mouth, but Noah waves her off. He sees Daphne's expression; she's always with Gemma. Her world centres around her little girl; there's no way she'd ever speak up against her. "I'll speak to Mary about this," she says as expected. "I expected more of you, Noah."
They leave, and just as always, Gemma ha that awful smug smile on her face.
"Are you in trouble now?" Orianna worries.
Noah shakes his head. "Not if my mother has a say. If."
(Which was another story for another day.)
/ Crazy Rich Illéans (41 unread messages)
OriTheDoll has changed choikenzie's nickname to Milk Shake Speer.
Ring a song (rinasong): Context?
I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie world (OriTheDoll): Kenzie: I'd like to have a summer berry milkshaaa
I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie world (OriTheDoll): Kenzie: /sees a Shakespeare performance add
I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie world (OriTheDoll): Kenzie: SHAKESPEAR!
I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie world (OriTheDoll): Server: A summer berry milk Shakespeare, alright
I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie world (OriTheDoll): The speer is a typo.
Ring a song (rinasong): don't change the typo
/ Crazy Rich Illéans (23 unread messages)
griff_thegriffyndor has changed TheKingLangston's nickname to Dognapper.
Don't change your nickname griff (griff_thegriffyndor): THE AUDACITY
Don't change your nickname griff (griff_thegriffyndor): EVERYONE
Don't change your nickname griff (griff_thegriffyndor): I NEED YOU TO HELP ME
Don't change your nickname griff (griff_thegriffyndor): ALEX STOLE ONION
Milk Shake Speer (choikenzie): Alex stole onions?
Perci Jackson (RoundTableRoulette): fight fight fight
Not Austrian (ViennaVanWell): I'm sure Alex can afford onions. Just bill him.
Get Out of The Aquarium (NoahTheSurfer): Yeah ^
Not Austrian (ViennaVanWell): 😊
Don't change your nickname griff (griff_thegriffyndor): NO I MEAN OriTheDoll
I'm a Barbie girl, in a barbie world (OriTheDoll): I'm sorry? What?
Don't change your nickname griff (griff_thegriffyndor): ORION
Don't change your nickname griff (griff_thegriffyndor): AUTOCORRECT
MoneyIsLife (juansantiago): And capslock, evidently.
Don't change your nickname griff (griff_thegriffyndor): SHUT UP
Don't change your nickname griff (griff_thegriffyndor): I WANT MY DOG BACK
ring a song (rinasong): lmao dognapper
Dognapper (TheKingLangston): isn't he cute?
Dognapper (TheKingLangston): look at him :)
TheKingLangston has sent (3) image(s).
Don't change your nickname griff (griff_thegriffyndor): GIVE MY DOG BACK YOU DOGNAPPER
Get Out of The Aquarium (NoahTheSurfer): Be careful, Alex. Orion is still a living being and should be treated as such. Think of what you'd do if Griff took your fishes.
I'm a Barbie girl, in a barbie world (OriTheDoll): This happened before, didn't it?
Milk Shake Speer (choikenzie): Drama belongs ON the stage, guys…
Not Austrian (ViennaVanWell): Alex, theft is illegal in Illéa. You can get into trouble for this. Please be careful with Orion and return him to Griff.
Dognapper (TheKingLangston): I'll keep him hostage until he tells the bouncer to let me IN MY OWN CLUB
Poppin' bubbles (poppypoppypoppy): How is this club even running...
ring a song (rinasong): Alex spends enough money lol
ring a song (rinasong): smh Alex, the new shipment's probably at the Surf Club
ring a song (rinasong): just get it from there
ring a song (rinasong): or go to a supermarket
Dognapper (TheKingLangston): they dont sell to drunk people
Don't change your nickname griff (griff_thegriffyndor): for a reason dumbass
Milk Shake Speer (choikenzie): Maybe you could just go and stop drinking for the moment then, Alex? Hm?
Dognapper (TheKingLangston): please, you don't want me sober love
Milk Shake Speer (choikenzie): shut up jerk
I'm a Barbie girl, in a barbie world (OriTheDoll): Leave Kenzie alone, Alex. You know that she doesn't want you to flirt with her.
Get Out of The Aquarium (NoahTheSurfer): That, and Vaelston, go solve this on your own and don't involve the group chat. The last time that happened, the Goldfinger got trashed, I believe.
/ Private Messages with Alex Langston (TheKingLangston) (6 unread messages)
Alex Langston (TheKingLangston): E
Alex Langston (TheKingLangston): where are you
Alex Langston (TheKingLangston): i need you
Alex Langston (TheKingLangston): smh
Alex Langston (TheKingLangston): your employee here is not helpful.
Alex Langston (TheKingLangston): smh who even is this
Noah Schreave (NoahTheSurfer): Jared? Leave him alone, please. He's not getting paid enough to deal with you. There's no shipment here today. Bug Griff or Rina about alcohol.
Alex Langston (TheKingLangston): he refuses to talk to me because of orion
Alex Langston (TheKingLangston): oh I found your friend on Instagram
Alex Langston (TheKingLangston): WHY is his handle jarjar_kim
Alex Langston (TheKingLangston): is that a bad reference
Alex Langston (TheKingLangston): it is isn't it
Alex Langston (TheKingLangston): smh I know too much Star Wars
Noah Schreave (NoahTheSurfer): Complains can go to Griff. Give his dog back.
/ Crazy Rich Illéans (513 unread messages)
Dognapper (TheKingLangston): wtf
Dognapper (TheKingLangston): when did alderism and fioraderossi join the gc
Dognapper (TheKingLangston): was I sober when that happened
Ring a song (rinasong): maybe you were sober
Poppin' bubbles (poppypoppypoppy): Probably not.
Perci Jackston (RoundTableRoulette): How could you not notice the presence of such a beautiful young woman among us?
Simeon Alder (alderism): Stay away from my sister, Santos.
Milk Shake Speer (choikenzie): Earlier this year, I think? Noah met them and invited them to join the group chat.
Get Out of The Aquarium (NoahTheSurfer): Yeah, I met Alessia and Simeon through my mother. They were new to Illéa, so I invited them to join the group chat to make friends.
Don't change your nickname griff (griff_thegriffyndor): well that didnt work out well then
Not Austrian (ViennaVanWell): They're both lovely but busy people. I'm sure that when the university break starts, they'll have more time.
I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie world (OriTheDoll): Are you joining us at Noah's birthday party?
Alessia de Rossi (fioraderossi): Yup! :) Looking forward to it! We're both happy to help with the clean up too!
Simeon Alder (alderism): Are we…?
Alessia de Rossi (fioraderossi): Yes!
The Child (GabbyCantHearYou): What lovely people, I'm sure they'll appreciate the help a lot! Still sorry that I can't come :(. I just got my plane tickets, and I'm taking off at 3am Illéa time.
The Child (GabbyCantHearYou): If you aren't from Illéa, where are you two from?
Alessia de Rossi (fioraderossi): Italy, but I spent more of my life in Britain, actually
Milk Shake Speer (choikenzie): Woooh Britain gang!
Poppin' bubbles (poppypoppypoppy): Britain gang!
Perci Jackston (RoundTableRoulette): Enchante, mademoiselle! I, too, have been in the extraordinary position to reside in the United Kingdom.
choikenzie has changed RoundTableRoulette's nickname to Perci Jackson #BritainGang.
fioraderossi has changed choikenzie's nickname to Milk Shake Speer #BritainGang.
choikenzie has changed poppypoppypoppy's nickname to Poppin' bubbles #BritainGang.
fioraderossi has changed alderism's nickname to Simi #BritainGang.
fioraderossi has changed her nickname to Alessia #BritainGang.
Don't change your nickname griff (griff_thegryffindor): as a general rule, changing your nickname is not allowed
Not Austrian (ViennaVanWell): Except that some people don't follow it, i.e. Vaelston.
Don't change your nickname griff (griff_thegryffindor): IT WAS GODDAMN ALEX ON MY PHONE
Get Out of The Aquarium (NoahTheSurfer): That and all drama stays onstage, courtesy to Kenzie. Welcome to the GC, again.
Dognapper (TheKingLangston): damn I want to eat pizza now
Simi #BritainGang (alderism): Stay away from my sister, Langston.
TheKingLangston has changed fioraderossi's nickname to Pizza.
Dognapper (TheKingLangston): shut up
TheKingLangston has changed alderism's nickname to Overprotective Brother Tingle.
/ Crazy Rich Illéans
Dognapper (TheKingLangston): In light of recent events, I am now a pizza lover.
TheKingLangston has sent (2) image(s).
Overprotective Brother Tingle (alderism): Shut up, Langston.
TheKingLangston has changed fioraderossi's nickname to Pizza.
/ Private Messages with Alessia de Rossi (fioraderossi)
Orianna Vasilieva (OriTheDoll): Hey Sia! Me and Kenzie are planning a sleep over. Rina, Mariposa and Poppy are coming too. Do you want to come?
Alessia de Rossi (fioraderossi): Of course! When is it?
Orianna Vasilieva (OriTheDoll): The weekend before Christmas
Alessia de Rossi (fioradeorssi): Oh, I'm so sorry, I won't be able to come. I have a thing with my internship.
Orianna Vasilieva (OriTheDoll): That's fine! Do you have time the first Friday of next year? Poppy was invited to a spa and invited us all. You could come.
Alessia de Rossi (fioraderossi): I would love to, but there's a student union meeting then…
Orianna Vasilieva (OriTheDoll): Hmm… When do you have time? We have to meet up at some point.
Alessia de Rossi (fioraderossi): I have half an afternoon in the middle of February?
Orianna Vasilieva (OriTheDoll): … Sure. I'm sure we can plan something.
KapnOfTheFleet's Analysis on Estelle Mun's Identity given the Hack
Hi everyone!
I know it's been a while and you all are waiting for the update on The Alpha's Mate. I'm a tad busy with Illéan social season coming up; it means that there is HEAPS new material coming up, and I'm here as your reporter!
That being said, I unfortunately have yet to figure out who Vaelston is going with. I still believe that they won't go together because of society pressures and Rina Klydeworth, but let's keep our hopes open that they'll finally be able to be honest with the world!
Now onto the topic of today's post.
I'm sure everyone has heard of the drama about Estelle by now. Someone hacked her studio while she was broadcasting and gave her the fright of her life. For the centre and source of our beloved Vaelston (and Crazy Rich Illéans Chat content in general), we must protect her! Let's hope the police will find him!
The main point we are taking from the hack is that someone had the urge to let all of Illéa know that a Gemma Schreave is back in town. A bit of research later, I figured out that this person is Gemma Maeve Schreave, Noah Schreave's cousin. You can find her social media profile here.
The important question is: who is Gemma Schreave?
For those who only follow this blog for Vaelston content, Noah Schreave is the son of the CEO of the supermarket chain Charles'. The Schreaves own more real estate in Illéa than anyone else, and Gemma Schreave seems to be the Schreave heiress. I have no idea where she was before; her Instagram looks like she's been travelling the whole world for years.
I dug a bit deeper and couldn't place where she was before, especially given that her social media is pretty clean. I'm expecting a recent clean up, possibly related to the Hack. She's twenty-four years old and given her relationship to the Schreaves, probably Illéan.
Now, why is Gemma Schreave so important? Given. Someone hacked Estelle Mun, out of all people, and took on the anger of all of Illéa. We really love her. Now, why hack her to just say that Gemma Schreave is back?
There are a few theories I consider most likely.
Theory Number One: It was Gemma, and she wanted to make a big entrance back home, but it went wrong. I haven't found a lot of images of Gemma in Illéa, or any other evidence, leading to my theory that she hasn't been here in a while. That means that she probably doesn't understand in how high of a regard the people here hold Estelle.
Theory Number Two: It was a prank on Gemma, and Estelle is merely a poor side-liner. We all know what these rich kids can do; who says they can't set up a prank? Maybe Estelle played along and this was actually meant to drag Gemma down, but that didn't work that well.
Theory Number Three: It's somehow related to the Illuminati. That would explain why LaTV immediately jumped to Gemma's defence. Rebecca Schreave, Gemma's grandmother, stands at the centre of the conspiracy and her granddaughter coming back is important. This could have been a wake-up call for the Illéan Illuminati, whatever it means. I'll talk about the Illuminati theory and what Gemma means for in another post.
Theory Number Four: This all was a media stunt. Estelle has voice acted in two TV cartoons as guest; who says that she didn't today, and this all was a media stunt? Sure, The Love Report is going strong and that America Singer (will come to that too! I think it's Rina) just propelled them back up, but who knows? I doubt this theory though, because Estelle is too sweet to lie to us.
Theory Number Five: Estelle IS Gemma Schreave. Hear me out. While we do know where the Love Report studio is, we don't know anything about Estelle's identity. Gemma is Asian. Estelle Mun's surname is Asian. The Love Report, despite its name, is not a radio show anymore but a livestream. Ergo, what is stopping them from pretending Estelle is with them when she's actually chilling on Hawaii, chatting into a headset? All she needs is wi-fi.
If the fifth theory is true, then we have a major hint on Estelle's identity. It also brings in more drama. Who is talking to Estelle/Gemma, and why are they telling her that she is back in Illéa? Is it a personal enemy of Estelle/Gemma? Why are they telling it to her just as she comes back? Is it a stalker?
I've been analysing all activity of 'both' online, but besides Gemma posting a short notice on her Instagram on how she feels sorry for Estelle and grateful for the police investigating, and all, there's nothing. The Love Report cancelled their broadcast for the next days, but that's because the police is doing cyber forensics.
The thing is: BOTH are really good at keeping quiet online. Except, I found Gemma's twitter account. She has deleted everything by now, but I was there on time to see a lot of chat about some helicopter arriving, someone beating another one up and MORE Vaelston content. I'll put up screenshots later. There's not much, but she went to Noah's birthday. That's my point.
Sure, they're cousins, but we all know that Estelle is friends with the Crazy Rich Illéan Group Chat, right? We all agree on that; she's definitely in it. Gemma was at the party where all group chat members were too. This is major evidence that she is Estelle!
I'll keep you guys updated as more happens! Look forward to my Rose Cotillion analysis coming up soon! 3
See you next time!
Merry Cap
Author's Note
I SWEAR, I had been planning this before Izar started with her flashbacks.
Now, these chapters will come every five chapters (for now, might turn into ten, I hope not because of consistency but I don't have them all planned) and include chats co-relating to former chapters (or prompts from you guys), and two more scenes. Here, we have Kaptn's interesting analysis on what happened in chapter four, and one of the reasons why Noah and Maeve can't stand another.
I'm currently trying to write ahead, so if I managed to get past my goal for 2020, I'm gonna try and update again this month. Don't quote me, though.
Thanks for reading, and love you all!
edit: pls let me know if you can understand the chat etc, feedback very much appreciated thanks!
